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Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight

Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight
Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight

Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight    Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight

EXQUISITE CIVIL WAR ERA GLASS PAPERWEIGHT WITH AN ENGRAVED PORTRAIT AND AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL AMBROSE POWELL HILL A. BEAUTIFUL HANDBLOWN GLASS PAPERWEIGHT FEATURES AN ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL A.

HILL AND AN AUTHENTIC A. BEAUTIFUL COMMEMORATIVE PIECE MADE TO CELEBRATE THE CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF GENERAL HILL. A LITTLE ABOUT GENERAL HILL. 2, 1865 WAS A CONFEDERATE GENERAL WHO WAS KILLED IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. HE IS USUALLY REFERRED TO AS A.

HILL TO DIFFERENTIATE HIM FROM ANOTHER, UNRELATED CONFEDERATE GENERAL, DANIEL HARVEY HILL. A NATIVE VIRGINIAN, HILL WAS A CAREER UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICER WHO HAD FOUGHT IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND THE SEMINOLE WARS PRIOR TO JOINING THE CONFEDERACY. AFTER THE START OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, HE GAINED EARLY FAME AS THE COMMANDER OF THE "LIGHT DIVISION" IN THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES AND BECAME ONE OF STONEWALL JACKSON'S ABLEST SUBORDINATES, DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF IN THE 1862 BATTLES OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, SECOND BULL RUN, ANTIETAM, AND FREDERICKSBURG. FOLLOWING JACKSON'S DEATH IN MAY 1863, AT THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, HILL WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND COMMANDED THE THIRD CORPS OF ROBERT E.

LEE'S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA WHICH HE LED IN THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN AND THE FALL CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. HIS COMMAND OF THE CORPS IN 1864-65 WAS INTERRUPTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BY ILLNESS, FROM WHICH HE DID NOT RETURN UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR, WHEN HE WAS KILLED DURING THE UNION ARMY'S OFFENSIVE AT THE THIRD BATTLE OF PETERSBURG. PERFECT COLLECTIBLE, VERY APPEALING AND SOUGHT AFTER PIECE. RARE SIGNATURE AND PORTRAIT OF GENERAL A.

HILL, VERY NICE PIECE FOR ANY DISPLAY OR COLLECTION, OR USE IT DAILY ON YOUR DESK OR AT THE OFFICE. MEASURES APPROX 3.125" DIAMETER X 1.75" H. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL CONDITION, DETAILS AND MEASUREMENTS. The item "RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GEN. HILL AUTOGRAPH PAPERWEIGHT" is in sale since Friday, January 17, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Reenactment & Reproductions\Photographs". The seller is "generallee292" and is located in Kingsville, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States.
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Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight    Rare CIVIL War Era Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill Autograph Paperweight